Clematis: Clematis chat: Success without effort, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Annette - hope your husband opted to have the "nerve block". It makes a huge difference with recovery! One friend didn't have it when she had both knees replaced five years ago and still uses a scooter. Another friend did select the nerve block and was walking on her own, no assistance from any crutches/canes/etc., in three days.

Good luck to him with the surgery.

Inthegarden - many of us have both successes and failures with the WM clematises. Jackmanii is an old reliable. All clem's should have the genes for survival that Jackmanii has. Princess Diana is so lovely. She scrambles up our Japanese maple, Scolopendrifolium.

One more Omoshiro to wish Annette's husband the best of health: